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Turkey's middle-class women mix fashion with Islamic pietyhttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/18/turkey-women-fashion-islam
Models in headscarves feature in magazine tapping into wealth and self-confidence of new bourgeoisie<p>Do Coco Chanel and Islam go together? Turkey's &Acirc;l&acirc;, a high-fashion magazine and the first to feature models in headscarves, certainly seems to think so. After its first issue hit the newsstands in June 2011, circulation quadrupled to 40,000 in only four months.</p><p>It comes down to simple economics. Over the past decade, Turkey has enjoyed an economic boom that has benefited, as before, the secular urban elites, but also conservative supporters of the AKP governing party and former rural entrepreneurs who have enjoyed unprecedented upward mobility, leading to the formation of an Islamic, urban middle class.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/18/turkey-women-fashion-islam">Continue reading...</a>TurkeyFashionLife and styleWorld newsIslamReligionMagazinesNewspapers & magazinesMediaTue, 18 Dec 2012 19:41:36 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/18/turkey-women-fashion-islamKerim Okten/EPAYoung Muslim women wearing headscarves in Istanbul. Photograph: Kerim Okten/EPAKerim Okten/EPAYoung Muslim women wearing headscarves in Istanbul. Photograph: Kerim Okten/EPAConstanze Letsch in Istanbul2012-12-18T19:41:36Z